KAHOOT / 11

This application review will be about a game-based learning platform which is called Kahoot.

In terms of language learning, Kahoot seems like more suitable for vocabulary studies. Teachers can use this app at the end of each lesson and practice the words that are learned that day. In this way, teacher can decide the points she/he should put emphasize on through the answers of the students.On the other hand, it can be used to check their background knowledges about the topic at the beginning of the lesson. With the pre-activity, teacher can decide the way of lesson and the details.

How this app works ?
This application is basically creating multiple choice tests. The attractive part is that the test code can be shared with the students. Hence, the students can join the test through their devices ( smart phone or laptop). Through the shared screen of the classroom, the students can see the questions and they answer them with their devices. Just like many other educational application, Kahoot has also gamification element which is "leaderboard". At the end of the test, the students can see their names and their scores on the shared screen.

Instead of limiting usage of technological devices on the lessons, using them in educational way is more beneficial and more productive for the any learning process.And the Kahoot application is a good example for integration of technology into learning process.

Duolingo,Memrise,Busuu and Mondly / 10

Today, i am going to talk about the applications which are based on learning foreign languages.
there are some similar features of all these applications :

• firstly, all of them have premium accounts, so in return for a monthly payment, you can have access to richer content.(for example in Mondly, with a premium account you can learn in Augmented Reality)
• Considering  all the applications,their interfaces and plannings, the gamification elements which increase the motivation of the learners can be seen clearly. For example in Duolingo, there are shop section, "lingots","streak" and "crowns".
• All apps serves courses for many languages from English to Swahili.

The first one is Duolingo which is probably the most popular application for learning English. This app serves courses for many languages as well. Except the similar features, Duolingo has a different feature which enables vivid and mutual interaction among the users and the creators of the courses.
In the section of "forum", you can find extra materials about your target language.

The other app is called Busuu. The amazing part of this app is that the users can communicate with the speakers of the target language. Busuu provides access to native speakers of your target language which can be german or italian. Right after practicing your target language, being able to speak a native makes this app very functional.

The third language learning application is Memrise. Although i said language learning application, this app includes courses about other fields like maths&science, history&geography, literature and so on. While learning a target language, the users can also learn history,geography or literature via the same application. If there is no other field course about your target language, Memrise provide you to create one and share with other users.

The last application is Mondly which i find the most intersting and exciting. The reason is that this application serves activities which are supported augmented reality. Another exciting part of this app is that you have chatbox which you can practice your knowledge with a virtual character. This chatbox can be seen as Siri on ıPhone but this one is just about language focused :) The last feature that i want to mention about Mondly is that this application is designed on topic-based titles, for example bank, doctor, business, airport, shopping. This feature supports the idea of linguistic functions and developing communicative competence.

See you next Review :) 
AufWiedersehen !!

Mindmeister, edPuzzle and NearPod / 09

Hei Everyone! Today's topic includes three different applications which can be used in language education.

1.EDPUZZLE : It is  basically platform that is included educational videos and enables to access to learners. Just like Edmodo or Seesaw, teachers can create classes and meet their students on this app. Teacher gather relevant videos and materials and create their own interactive lessons through EDpuzzle. Processing and supporting the learning process with these interactive videos and attachments help the learners and their learning process.

2.NEARPOD : Just like Edpuzzle, this application is based on creating classes and uploading lessons which can be enhanced by slides, images, videos and other interesting items. And also you can add your voice on the record lessons to make explanations or give an example or detail. In short, to catch your students' attention and represents them well-designed lesson, you can combine all the parts in your record-lesson via Nearpod.

3.MINDMEISTER : Unlike the first two applications, Mindmeister is much more about creating clear and comprehensible lesson materials. For language learning,  making meaning and linking items together is important. So using this app can help linking and making meaning among the items. Mindmeister enables you to create your own maps and make the topics more organized.

As an example, Here is my Mindmeister map :

QUIZLET / 08

HELLO EVERYONE, I hope you are fine and healthy!!
 Another application which enhances the learning process is QUIZLET.
This application can be seen as basically digital flashcards but it serves more activities than the paper flashcards :)

In terms of language learning, this application especially helps you memorize new words and practice these new words' pronunciation.
In my personal experience, i used this app for my linguistics lecture to practice the terms related the morphology and language. And it really works actually :) While on road or waiting another class, you can easily practice and make your knowledge permanent.

With the photo of my account, you can see that users can create folders and sets that you add titles and keep your studies organized.

In addition to your own sets and folders, you can access the other users' sets and folders that you are interested in their topics.

Also you're able to join classes and access all the sets of that class.

You can see the class that i joined via my UDEMY Swedish Lessons. After joining a class, in addition to the class's user, you can share related sets with your classmates.

If we look the inside of the sets, the app enables to practice the sets in several ways which is valuable especially for the language learning.

As you see in this picture, when you choose a set to study, there are several modes.

You can :

• read all the flashcards ,
• learn them by choosing the right translation of the sentence,
• write the sentences in target language.
• spell what you hear (this mode help improving the correct pronunciation and listening skill)
• and finally take a test which is included written, matching, multiple choice and T/F questions.

If you want to check a sample, here is on of my linguistics sets :

linguistics 1 : what is the language

See you next Application Review !! :)

SEESAW / 07

Hello again after a break of mid-term. I come back with different useful applications. One of them is SEESAW.
After using Edmodo as a student for 2 years, Seesaw is more interactive application for language learning. It can be used with both the students and parents. 

To learn the features of the application , i have signed in as a teacher. Here are the features :
one of the features is that as a teacher you can collect all your class  and control all the assignments in this application.

As a teacher, you can post a students work, assign a activity or you can send announcement for both students and parents.

In terms of assigning an activity, this application provides many opportunities for enhancing your activity.

According to titles, you can easily create your activity.

And you can enhance your activity with these (photo,drawing,video,note or link) choices.

After creating your activity, you can share it with your students but also can share with the other users of the application. Moreover you can access the other users' activities which can be inspiration for you.

You can see the sections : "my library" and "community".

As the rest of the process, after you assign an activity, you can easily follow the actions which mean that you can check who did and who did not accomplish the activity.

As an example, i created a really easy activity and here is the activity :

PADLET / 06

HELLO EVERYONE FROM THE QUARANTINE !! 

Today's writing is about another application that enhances the learning : PADLET.

WHAT IS "PADLET" ?

It is kind of a post-it page which means that you can share a post on the page. You can create a padlet and add inside of it posts. These posts can be related to one topic. In this padlet, you can add pictures, audios, or related links. 

It is an application to be used by both students and teachers. As a teacher, you can create a page and want your students to fill this page in terms of your topic. and as a student, you can easily make a contribution and can learn the related topic interactively.

my padlet is here and i tried to create a kind of exercise which can be useful for pre-lesson. In that sense, learners will make preparation for lesson. Also, after lesson they can correct their contributions or can add more things.

My padlet is about rooms and furnitures. I created a home page and added posts which refer to rooms.

EDMODO / 05

HELLO EVERYONE!!
Today's topic is EDMODO which is a very useful educational tool for both teacher and learner. Especially nowadays we are fighting with COVID-19,EDMODO is one of the significant websites in terms of education.
Let's begin to know more about it :

EDMODO is a website and also an application that connects students and teacher and creates a place for communication between them.
Teachers can create their class and share the code of the lesson with their students.In that way, students join and follow almost everything about that lesson.

• Teacher can share assignmets in there and also can evaluate them via EDMODO.In that way, students do not have print out their assignment (Save the Trees!! :)
  
• Teacher can share all the related lesson materials in EDMODO,which is a really helpful for students to access them easily.(For example,some of my teachers use EDMODO and share the materials every week and before or after reading them,ı can do my revisions easily)
  
• While doing these assignment and reading these materails,asking questions to your teacher is also available.You can leave a comment on the posts or you can send messages to your teacher directly.

Except the connection of class, EDMODO provides using it as an agenda.It means that you can add other upcoming assignments or projects so you can get notifications.In that sense, you can save all the important deadlines of your lessons in EDMODO and get notification for them. In short, EDMODO makes your school life organized :)